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Business Writing: The Unwritten Rules

Date: 1/6/2009 - 2/6/2009

Overview: A manager is dependent upon his/her team for so many outputs and a significant portion of these outputs are in a written form. A team with strong business writing skills means a more effective manager. No more redoing reports, correcting grammar in correspondence and other unproductive activities. If you want to empower your team and increase your and your team’s effectiveness and productivity, BizTech is offering a training course which covers the following key topics: • The importance of planning for a business writing task • Choose appropriate words to convey the correct meaning • Write effective memos, short notices, faxes, and e-mail messages • Creating standard templates for professionalism, quality & efficiency • Attention-getting business writing • Pick out key points from discussions for clear & concise minutes • Communicating via email: The unwritten rules • Eloquence, tone and other subtleties • Using neutral, positive & negative language to persuade & influence • Business Vocabulary • Jargon, slang and clichιs – is there a place for them in the business world? • Identify the purpose of your communication and the desired response • What is the right level of detail • Adapting your style for different audiences and to meet different objectives • How to ensure that you get your point across • Energise and bring life to your communication • Avoiding ambiguity • How to be assertive but not aggressive in your communication

Region Gauteng
Venue: The AstroTech Conference Centre
Start & End Time: 08h00 - 16h30
Duration: 2 days
Entrance Fee: R6380.00
Contact Person: Michelle
Telephone: 011 582 3300
E-mail: click here
Web: click here

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